Meanings
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1
noun
total forgetfulness
They sought the great oblivion of sleep to avoid thinking about the day's traumatic events.
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2
noun
The state of forgetting completely, of being oblivious, unconscious, unaware, as when sleeping, drunk, or dead.
He regularly drank himself into oblivion.
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3
noun
The state of being completely forgotten, of being reduced to a state of non-existence, extinction, or nothingness, including through war and destruction. (Figuratively) for an area like hell, a wasteland.
Due to modern technology, many more people and much more information will not slip into oblivion, contrary to what happened throughout history until now.
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4
noun
the state of being disregarded or forgotten
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Etymology
Inherited from Middle English oblivion, from Anglo-Norman oblivion, from Latin oblīviō (“forgetfulness”), from oblīvīscor (“to forget”).